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APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3, 192i.

Patented Oct. 17,1922

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ROY DONALD SPRINGER, OF GRESHAM, OREGON.

IRONING TABLE.

Application filed November 3', 1921. Serial No. 512,446.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROY DONALD SPRINGER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Gresham, county ofGresham, and 5 State of Oregon, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Ironing Tables, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a folding ironing table ofsimple construction which folds in a compact form and is adapted tosupport the ironing board firmly when extended in a horizontal position.My invention further has for its object to make my improved ironingboard of strong construction throughout.

I attain my object by the device comprising the following elementsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the ironing table in an extendedhorizontal posit-ion so that the table is arranged for irons;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view showing the table collapsed and folded showinghow all of the parts are spaced so that when they are fol (L ed theyform a compact body;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of F 2; this showsthe mannor of folding the ironing table and how the parts fold inrelation to each other.

In my drawings I have shown the ironing board a which is supported bytwo legs which are attached to the broad end of the board. One legcomprises uprights b spaced apart and braced by the cross members 0, 0and c and the other leg is in the form of a crutch and braced across byone member g.

41.0 These legs are connected to the cleats m on the board a by a rod 2'on which they hinge. The board is held in a horizontal position by astrut e which is attached to a link d which in turn is attached to thebottom cross-member c by two staples Z. This link d pivots in twopoints, on one end through the staples Z and on the other end where itis attached to the strut 6. This strut e is supported on its under sideby the brace bar f to which it is fastened by the hinge 7c and when theironing table is in its extended position the brace bar f is removablyengaged in the crutch g by being positioned against the lower end h ofthe crutch g. To knock down the ironing table the brace bar 7 is removedfrom its position a 'ainst the lower end it of the crutch g and t 1epressure against the board a is thereby released from strut e. This willallow the strut e to pivot on the rod j and the link I) will pivot asshown in Fig. 3. As all of the legs and the board are pivoted on the rod2' these can all be swung closed as shown in Fig. 3 so that the foldedboard will appear like the sketch shown as Fig. 2.

The illustrations and description above given are merely intended toshow a practical mode of construction of my device. The particulardetails of construction above described are, however, variable to suitthe ideas of the manufacturer, provided such variation retains theessential features of my invention.

I claim:

An ironing table comprising a leg, an ironing board hinged at one end tothe upper end of said leg, a crutch hinged at its upper end to saidboard, comprising spaced members, a strut hinged between the members ofsaid crutch, a brace bar the upper end of which is hinged to said.strut, the lower end of said bar being releaseably enga-geable with thelower end of said crutch and when so engaged supporting the ironingboard in horizontal position, and a link connecting the lower end ofsaid strut with the base of said leg.

ROY DONALD SPRINGERe

